How can employers train their employee-Notaries in how to properly notarize?
(1) Make sure that a professional trainer skilled in Notary law and best practices teaches employee-Notary training courses; (2) Develop objective indicators, such as an examination and simulations of actual notarizations, to ensure that employees master the material taught at Notary training classes; (3) Make sure training courses include instruction on how to secure the Notary seal; (4) Don’t just teach employee-Notaries what they must do right; also teach them what they can do wrong and how it will expose the Notary and organization to risk; (5) Thoroughly vet the content of a proposed Notary training course through company counsel, a deficiency which was cited by the Court in the Kinko’s case; (6) Provide employee-Notaries with materials and resources to expand their knowledge of Notary best practices after attending a course of instruction and during the time they notarize for the organization; (7) Require periodic refresher training at the beginning of each new commission term at
